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“It’s about two to three degrees Celsius at the moment across parts of Scotland, so it’s a little bit on the chilly start,” Matt warned.

“Temperatures are down on what you would normally expect for this time of the year, but for many a lovely start to the day.”

First thing this morning is looking dry for much of the country, although there is a lot of cloud lingering.

But temperatures in the double figures in most areas, with the best of the sunshine in the south east, meanwhile single digits under clear skies.

Dominating the weather today is a developing area of low pressure to the north east of the country, which will allow north west winds to push across sections of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Throughout the day rain will batter the northern half of the country, meanwhile a weather system is going to push across the Irish Sea into Wales, south west England and the Midlands.